Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast of Africa
Palmarium Reserve
The Madagascar blue-back reed frog was photographed on a bush close to the shore of the Indian Ocean. You can see the blue water in the b/g. We saw a total of five different reed frogs along the shoreline.
Heterixalus madagascariensis (commonly referred to as the blue-back reed frog, or occasionally the powder-blue reed frog) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
Female reed frogs can be up to 1.50 inches long, while males are up to 1 inch long. They are of Least Concern on the IUCN list. – Wikipedia
